news TM Clearing House on New gTLD's - Over 1k Expired already

[News]

We have not even reached the first year anniversary of the first New gTLD and marks are already expiring at the TMCH. So far 33,902 marks have been submitted to the Trademark Clearinghouse as of the 18th of November 2014.

Trademark holders had the option to choose between a 1 year trademark registration with the Trademark Clearinghouse or a multiple-year registration. About half (50,61%) of the trademark holders opted for the 1 year registration and already 1,181 marks have expired from a total of about 10,000+ marks coming up for renewal in the next few months.

Full Article: http://onlinedomain.com/2014/11/20/...e-already-expired-848-marks-are-not-verified/

 

[Kate]

Racket fatigue ?

 

[Eric Lyon]

Racket fatigue ?

You're probably right. Toss it all against the wall and see what sticks. The ultimate testing process. I haven't really looked yet to see if the ones dropping are from those that had multiple TM's under one entity or if some were independent marks falling out along with the big boys. If it's independent marks, then I think it's a bit more than racket fatigue testing at play.